Why is the number of issued Bitcoins limited to 21 million? How do people know that the last one will be mined in 2140?steemCreated with Sketch.

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Why is the number of issued Bitcoins limited to 21 million? How do people know that the last one will be mined in 2140?


https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-number-of-issued-Bitcoins-limited-to-21-million-How-do-people-know-that-the-last-one-will-be-mined-in-2140/answer/Tristan-Johns?srid=C9vu

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They rolled a very large dice to come up with that number!

That's cryptographers for you! xD

Great post!

Thank you, sir.

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